All parliamentary appearances
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12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think because of the weather, they are on the way coming!
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12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, he will be coming to the House very soon! I understand he is away because of some few matters in the office. However, he is coming to answer this Question.
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12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have not communicated with the Minister but I think they are on their way coming. Therefore, I would ask the indulgence of the Chair that he can be given some few minutes. I can see they have started coming.
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12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have not been---
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16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. Last week I did table a list of all the medical officers who have been posted to the North Eastern Province. The hon. Member had asked for some time for her to peruse and scrutinize the document. I am now ready if there is any query on the list I tabled earlier. Thank you.
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16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, we realize that we have a shortage of medical personnel not only in North Eastern Province but the country at large. However, as a Ministry, we have put up a programme of recruitment of doctors. In the last financial year we indicated that we are going to recruit more doctors. However, we have a very big challenge because most of the doctors who are recruited leave Government hospitals as soon as they are employed. This is because of the issue of salaries. However, we are discussing with the Ministry of Finance and in the next Budget I ...
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16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, we understand that problem. For doctors who have been posted to hardship areas, we have been giving them some inducement so that they stay in those places for long.
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16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have done the same. However, we have sent all these proposals to the Ministry of State for Public Service. We have discussed with them and they have agreed that the doctors serving in these areas should be given hardship allowance.
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16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, we cannot force our medical personnel to stay in one area. However, for those people who are serving in hardship areas, we give some kind of---
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16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have said that we have sent a proposal to the concerned Ministry and they are processing them. This is not only to medical doctors but even some junior officers. However, you realize that when it comes to allowances, that responsibility lies squarely with the Minister of State for Public Service.
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